KWL Chart with Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor by Editors of Time for Kids with Lisa DeMauro

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Theme:

KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned)

Grades:

3 - 5

Subject:

Social Studies

Duration:

Two class periods

Standards
& Goals:

Florida State Learning Standards

  • The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level text through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details. 
  • The student will use background knowledge of subject and related content areas, prereading strategies, graphic representations and knowledge of text structure to make and confirm complex predictions of content, purpose and organization of a reading selection.

Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.

Objectives:

Students will:

  • Read/listen to Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor by editors of Time for Kids with Lisa DeMauro.
  • Use a KWL chart to identify important inventions of Thomas Edison.
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